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TV Review: Amazon’s ‘Alpha House’ Is Back!
If you're looking for something to counteract the negative campaigning, talking heads, and meaningless polls, binge away. Alpha House is sure to cure the election-season blues.
Read More »Music DVD Review: Eric Clapton – ‘Planes, Trains And Eric’
What sets Planes Trains And Eric apart from other live Clapton recordings is how this particular band seems to have lit a fire under him.
Read More »22nd Hamptons International Film Festival: ‘E-TEAM,’ an Award Winning Documentary
When there are rumors of severe human rights violations, Human Rights Watch calls upon its select emergency unit, the E-Team who is expedited to the sites on the ground at great risk. There, they investigate the abuses gaining eye-witness testimony and collecting facts, data and hard evidence. Their reports are sent to global media and world leaders are brought closer to decisions to intervene or bring international sanctions to bear. This is an amazing film about their work and their lives that you will not soon forget.
Read More »Interview: Ruth Hull Chatlien, Author of ‘The Ambitious Madame Bonaparte’
"The best way to describe why I write is that it feels as though characters come up to me and say, 'If you don’t tell my story, I will die.'"
Read More »Mo’ne Davis Throws Out First Pitch in World Series – A Glimpse of Things to Come?
Thank you, Mo’Ne Davis, because of you the meaning of the words “You throw like a girl” will never be the same again.
Read More »Music Review: Hank Marvin – ‘Django’s Castle’
A compilation of swing jazz numbers from guitarist Hank Marvin displays the intricate detailing of his fretwork and melodic sensibilities.
Read More »Theater Review (Broadway): ‘It’s Only a Play’ by Terrence McNally
There are plenty of laughs in the show, and laughs have to be enough because there is little else.
Read More »Music Review: Tony Scott – ‘Tony Scott Lost Tapes Germany 1957/Asia 1962 [Remastered]
While the sound quality on some recordings isn’t always equal to the musical quality, these performances deserve preservation.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Who We Be’ by Jeff Chang
'Who We Be' is a slow-moving storm washing away the layers of ignorance and ambivalence about the continuing growth of our culture.
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